Mormon Channel
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The Mormon Channel is the official radio station of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The channel originates from Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah and broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Content
Content for the station comes from the vast archives of the Church, along with several new series created specifically for this station. The Mormon Channel also features great programming from various partner organizations, including Deseret Book, Bonneville International, Deseret News, LDS Business College, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University-Idaho, and Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
Listening options
You can listen to the Mormon Channel live online anytime at radio.lds.org. There are also downloads and podcasts of content available at the same address. A widget for social networking sites and blogs is also now available.
In addition to online delivery, the channel is available via HDRadio in every Bonneville International radio market. Among those markets are Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Seattle. For more information on getting a compatible HDRadio, visit www.hdradio.com. You can find out more about the Bonneville International markets at www.bonneville.com.
Community projects
The purpose of this wiki page is to link together all of the community projects that are in support of the Mormon Channel radio station. Those projects currently include:
- Mormon Channel iPhone Application
- Mormon Channel Windows Mobile Application
- Mormon Channel for WebOS
- Mormon Channel BlackBerry Application
- Mormon Channel Android Application
- Mormon Channel for Windows Phone
If you have ideas on new platforms or enhancements to any of the products previously released, please send your suggestions to Tom Welch.
Planned features
| Feature | iPhone | WebOS | Windows Mobile | Windows Phone | BlackBerry | Android |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favorites button | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Audio continues after clicking away from radio | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Chapters continue playing sequentially | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Allow for the pause button to "resume" where you left off | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Display photo of the general authority speaking | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| When phone call is received the stream is paused, and resumes when the call ends | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| YouTube-style playback scrub-bar | ||||||
| View the text of what you are listening to | ||||||
| View YouTube videos from the Mormon Messages Channel | ||||||
| Offline mode - save content for later listening when not connected to wifi or cell network |